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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 485 · 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 red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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