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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 799 · 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: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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