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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 293 · 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) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red

Answer key

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

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