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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 878 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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