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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 83 · 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) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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