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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 937 · 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 not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  26. 26.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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