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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 859 · 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 red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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