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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 76 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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