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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 237 · 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.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  18. 18.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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