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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 318 · 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 and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  5. 5.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. yellow-orange
  3. green and yellow
  4. dull, brownish colour
  5. False
  6. purple and yellow
  7. True
  8. True
  9. complementary pair
  10. blue
  11. secondary colour
  12. blue and purple
  13. green and red
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. purple
  19. blue-green
  20. True
  21. red
  22. True
  23. yellow-green
  24. red and green
  25. purple and yellow
  26. opposite each other
  27. orange and blue
  28. False
  29. blue and orange
  30. green and red
  31. red and orange
  32. False
  33. yellow and purple
  34. False
  35. blue
  36. red and purple
  37. False
  38. True
  39. complementary pair
  40. False

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