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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 966 · 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.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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