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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 898 · 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 yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  22. 22.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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