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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 713 · 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.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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