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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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