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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 300 · 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.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red

Answer key

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

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