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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 500 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) green
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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