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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 286 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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