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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 107 · 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) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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