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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 453 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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