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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 177 · 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.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  7. 7.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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