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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 912 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  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.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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