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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 133 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  28. 28.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) red
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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