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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 726 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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