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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 561 · 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) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) green
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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