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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 203 · 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 red? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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