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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 350 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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