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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 710 · 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) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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