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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 851 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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