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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 545 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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