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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 106 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) orange
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  39. 39.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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