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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 186 · 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 blue-purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) orange
  5. 5.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  17. 17.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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