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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 295 · 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) red and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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