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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 790 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue

Answer key

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

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