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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 496 · 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 blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  15. 15.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  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 is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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