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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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