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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 460 · 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: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

  1. True
  2. yellow-orange
  3. dull, brownish colour
  4. False
  5. yellow
  6. red
  7. red and green
  8. red and purple
  9. blue-purple
  10. True
  11. False
  12. purple
  13. complementary pair
  14. blue-green
  15. secondary colour
  16. yellow-green
  17. green and yellow
  18. False
  19. green and red
  20. purple and yellow
  21. orange
  22. red-purple
  23. True
  24. True
  25. purple and yellow
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. red and orange
  32. False
  33. blue and purple
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. blue and green
  39. False
  40. complementary pair

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