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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 253 · 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 yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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