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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 223 · 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) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-green
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red

Answer key

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

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