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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 211 · 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-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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