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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 115 · 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) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white

Answer key

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

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