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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 166 · 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-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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