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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 430 · 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) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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