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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 273 · 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) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  6. 6.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue-purple

Answer key

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

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