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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 65 · 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) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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