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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 628 · 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 red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and green
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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