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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 491 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  37. 37.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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