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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 963 · 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) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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