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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 249 · 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 green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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