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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 375 · 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) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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