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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 155 · 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) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  30. 30.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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