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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 399 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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