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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 775 · 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 green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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