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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 580 · 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.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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