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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 952 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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