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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 481 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  16. 16.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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