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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 638 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  20. 20.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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