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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 299 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) green (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  28. 28.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  37. 37.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  38. 38.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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