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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 721 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  33. 33.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. complementary pair
  3. blue
  4. False
  5. yellow-orange
  6. red-purple
  7. not complementary
  8. complementary pair
  9. opposite each other
  10. orange
  11. False
  12. False
  13. green and yellow
  14. True
  15. True
  16. True
  17. red and green
  18. complementary pair
  19. blue and purple
  20. True
  21. yellow
  22. True
  23. False
  24. purple
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. red-orange
  29. False
  30. secondary colour
  31. blue-green
  32. blue
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. blue and green
  37. not complementary
  38. False
  39. complementary pair
  40. True

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