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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 456 · 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 blue? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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