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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 724 · 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 is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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