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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 93 · 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.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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