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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 535 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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