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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 297 · 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 green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  29. 29.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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