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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 994 · 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) duller (d) paler
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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