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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 154 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  40. 40.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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