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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 125 · 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 yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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