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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 200 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) blue-green
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  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-orange is the complementary colour of blue-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) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
  14. 14.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  31. 31.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  35. 35.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) red-purple

Answer key

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

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