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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 111 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  9. 9.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  12. 12.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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