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Complementary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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