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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 672 · 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 orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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