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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 810 · 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) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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