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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 459 · 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) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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