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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 953 · 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.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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