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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 871 · 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? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) green
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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