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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 490 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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