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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 262 · 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 yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  35. 35.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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