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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 151 · 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) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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