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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 374 · 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.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) green
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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