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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 51 · 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: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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