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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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