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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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