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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 121 · 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.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  38. 38.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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