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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 821 · 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) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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