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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 158 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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