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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 712 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  39. 39.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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