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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 806 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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