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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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