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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 396 · 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) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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