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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 195 · 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 red-orange? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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