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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 521 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  13. 13.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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