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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 46 · 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.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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