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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 320 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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