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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 208 · 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) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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