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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 899 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  21. 21.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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