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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 916 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  7. 7.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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