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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 317 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  10. 10.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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