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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 131 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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