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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 89 · 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.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour

Answer key

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

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