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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 245 · 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.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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