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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 190 · 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 green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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