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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 407 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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