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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 160 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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