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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 256 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  23. 23.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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