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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 97 · 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 purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) green
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  39. 39.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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