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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 74 · 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 purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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