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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 380 · 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 purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour

Answer key

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

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