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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 998 · 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) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  3. 3.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  13. 13.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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