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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 123 · 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.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  20. 20.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  24. 24.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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