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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 569 · 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) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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