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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 654 · 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: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and red
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red

Answer key

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

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