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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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