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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 277 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  11. 11.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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