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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 633 · 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) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) red
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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