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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 91 · 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 of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  7. 7.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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