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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 484 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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