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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 783 · 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.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple

Answer key

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

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