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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 804 · 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: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  22. 22.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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