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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 957 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  19. 19.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  23. 23.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green

Answer key

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

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