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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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