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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 999 · 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 orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  24. 24.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) blue-green
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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