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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 735 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  18. 18.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter

Answer key

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

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