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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 178 · 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 orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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