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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 505 · 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-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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