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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 343 · 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) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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