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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 842 · 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-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple

Answer key

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

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