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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 718 · 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 green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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