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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 61 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange

Answer key

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

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