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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 862 · 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) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  21. 21.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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