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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 260 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-green
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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