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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 737 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre

Answer key

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

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