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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 199 · 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 red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) green
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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