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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 558 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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