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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 759 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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