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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 904 · 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.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) green

Answer key

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

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