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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 475 · 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.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
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  27. 27.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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