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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 170 · 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: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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