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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 758 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange

Answer key

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

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