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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 344 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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