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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 261 · 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) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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