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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 825 · 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 green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  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.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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