← Complementary colours lesson New set →

Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 280 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

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

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids