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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 175 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  6. 6.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) green
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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