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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 228 · 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: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  10. 10.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) brighter (d) duller
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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