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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 997 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) green
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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