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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 923 · 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) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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