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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 815 · 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 yellow-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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