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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 530 · 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) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  35. 35.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and green
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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