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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 675 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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