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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 683 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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