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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 100 · 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.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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