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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 756 · 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) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  21. 21.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and green
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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