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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 605 · 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.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white

Answer key

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

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