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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 132 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  23. 23.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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