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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 388 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red

Answer key

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

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