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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 283 · 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 orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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