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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 268 · 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) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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