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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 64 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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