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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 528 · 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 red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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