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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 406 · 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.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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