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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 360 · 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-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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