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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 263 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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