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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 394 · 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: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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