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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 502 · 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 red? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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