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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 347 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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