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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 236 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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