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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 879 · 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 blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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