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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 73 · 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) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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