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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 233 · 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) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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