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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 192 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  27. 27.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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