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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 165 · 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 green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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