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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 243 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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