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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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