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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 241 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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