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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 224 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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