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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 59 · 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: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) red-purple
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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