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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 271 · 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) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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