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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 946 · 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: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) green
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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