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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 403 · 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) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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