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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 141 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  33. 33.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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