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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 70 · 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 yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) green
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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