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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 266 · 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) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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