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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 55 · 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 yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) purple

Answer key

  1. purple
  2. True
  3. red and green
  4. yellow and orange
  5. True
  6. purple and yellow
  7. yellow
  8. brighter
  9. False
  10. complementary pair
  11. blue
  12. green and yellow
  13. complementary pair
  14. False
  15. red-purple
  16. False
  17. orange and blue
  18. True
  19. True
  20. False
  21. red
  22. red and green
  23. True
  24. True
  25. blue-green
  26. blue
  27. red and orange
  28. complementary pair
  29. green and yellow
  30. blue and orange
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. secondary colour
  35. orange
  36. green and red
  37. True
  38. green
  39. False
  40. red-orange

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