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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 597 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  24. 24.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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