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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 405 · 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) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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