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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 234 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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