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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 987 · 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) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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