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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 792 · 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) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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