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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 267 · 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.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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