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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 479 · 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.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  6. 6.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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