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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 563 · 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) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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