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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 540 · 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? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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