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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 448 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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