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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 860 · 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) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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