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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 385 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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