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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 534 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) blue-green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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