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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 763 · 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) red and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  7. 7.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (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 yellow-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  31. 31.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  34. 34.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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