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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 922 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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