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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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