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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 82 · 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) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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