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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 304 · 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) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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