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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 226 · 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: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-purple
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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