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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 183 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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