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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 311 · 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) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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