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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 189 · 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 blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) red-purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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