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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 696 · 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 purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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