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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 685 · 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) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue-green
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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