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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 867 · 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 red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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