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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 739 · 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: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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