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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 924 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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