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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 58 · 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 orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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