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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 188 · 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: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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