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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 657 · 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) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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