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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 105 · 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 purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  32. 32.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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