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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 252 · 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 red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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