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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 41 · 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: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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