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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 511 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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