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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 752 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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