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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 961 · 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 green? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-green
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  35. 35.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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