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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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