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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 950 · 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-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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