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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 845 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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