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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 985 · 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: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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