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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 497 · 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 is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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