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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 765 · 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) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. red and purple
  2. blue
  3. True
  4. yellow-green
  5. False
  6. opposite each other
  7. complementary pair
  8. True
  9. yellow and purple
  10. False
  11. blue and green
  12. purple and yellow
  13. blue-purple
  14. blue-green
  15. False
  16. complementary pair
  17. True
  18. yellow and orange
  19. yellow
  20. False
  21. True
  22. brighter
  23. green and yellow
  24. secondary colour
  25. False
  26. red and green
  27. False
  28. green and red
  29. blue and purple
  30. True
  31. orange
  32. True
  33. True
  34. red and orange
  35. red and orange
  36. orange and blue
  37. True
  38. purple
  39. True
  40. False

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