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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 426 · 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) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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