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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 951 · 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-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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