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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 348 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) red-purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  38. 38.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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