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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 780 · 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: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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