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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 310 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-purple
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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