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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 586 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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