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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 282 · 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: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow

Answer key

  1. True
  2. blue
  3. False
  4. True
  5. secondary colour
  6. True
  7. True
  8. True
  9. purple and yellow
  10. red and green
  11. blue and green
  12. complementary pair
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. complementary pair
  18. red
  19. True
  20. yellow
  21. False
  22. purple
  23. orange and blue
  24. red and orange
  25. green and red
  26. dull, brownish colour
  27. complementary pair
  28. True
  29. blue and purple
  30. True
  31. red-purple
  32. True
  33. blue
  34. green
  35. True
  36. True
  37. orange and blue
  38. complementary pair
  39. True
  40. blue and orange

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