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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 921 · 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) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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