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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 863 · 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 yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  6. 6.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  26. 26.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  39. 39.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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