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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 146 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible

Answer key

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

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