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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 732 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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