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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 629 · 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 orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-purple
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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