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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 353 · 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.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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