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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 312 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  32. 32.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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