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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 510 · 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-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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