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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 382 · 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) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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