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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 499 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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