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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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