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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 387 · 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 yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  8. 8.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  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 and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  25. 25.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  33. 33.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) brighter (d) paler
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour

Answer key

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

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