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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 156 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue-green (d) red
  3. 3.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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