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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 813 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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