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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 620 · 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 is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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