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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 420 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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