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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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