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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 996 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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