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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 354 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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