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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 682 · 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: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) green
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  36. 36.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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