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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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