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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 503 · 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.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-purple
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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