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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 337 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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