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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 995 · 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) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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