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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 945 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  2. 2.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red-purple (d) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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