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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 239 · 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) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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