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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 905 · 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 green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) brighter (d) invisible
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange

Answer key

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

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