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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 443 · 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 and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  40. 40.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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