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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 425 · 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 purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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