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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 824 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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