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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 931 · 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.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  3. 3.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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