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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 970 · 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) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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