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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 482 · 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 green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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