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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 339 · 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) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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