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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 641 · 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) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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