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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 527 · 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 blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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