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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 575 · 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.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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