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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 303 · 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 orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) purple (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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