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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 164 · 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.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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