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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 884 · 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) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-orange
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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