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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 762 · 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.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  17. 17.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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