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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 773 · 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: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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