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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 872 · 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.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  8. 8.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  16. 16.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange

Answer key

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

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