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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 134 · 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 purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  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.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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