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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 908 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  26. 26.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  39. 39.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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