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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 95 · 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) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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