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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 865 · 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.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) paler (d) duller
  26. 26.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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