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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 766 · 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 blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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