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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 162 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour

Answer key

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

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