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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 84 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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