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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 626 · 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) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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