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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 96 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) red-purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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