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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 781 · 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) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  20. 20.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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