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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 215 · 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: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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