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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 351 · 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 blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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