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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 251 · 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 green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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