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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 918 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) green
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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