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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 624 · 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) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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