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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 248 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  24. 24.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  28. 28.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) purple
  33. 33.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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