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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 272 · 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: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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