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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 378 · 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.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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