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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 122 · 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: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  12. 12.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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