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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 668 · 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: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) green
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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