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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 725 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other

Answer key

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

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