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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 876 · 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) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  3. 3.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  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) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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