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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 866 · 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.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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