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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 874 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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