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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 669 · 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? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  34. 34.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue

Answer key

  1. green
  2. red and green
  3. blue and orange
  4. False
  5. blue and purple
  6. blue
  7. opposite each other
  8. True
  9. yellow-orange
  10. red and green
  11. True
  12. green and yellow
  13. yellow and orange
  14. False
  15. True
  16. complementary pair
  17. True
  18. True
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. blue
  24. red and purple
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. yellow and purple
  30. blue-green
  31. blue and green
  32. False
  33. orange
  34. secondary colour
  35. red
  36. blue and green
  37. red and orange
  38. True
  39. purple and yellow
  40. yellow-green

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