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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 729 · 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: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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