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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 436 · 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 orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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