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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 60 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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