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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 906 · 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: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (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.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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