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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 982 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  24. 24.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  30. 30.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) green and red
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green

Answer key

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

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