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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 590 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  17. 17.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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