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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 900 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) red
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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