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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 930 · 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: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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