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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 901 · 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) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) orange

Answer key

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

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