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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 447 · 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: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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