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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 176 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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