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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 568 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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