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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 422 · 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 orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  4. 4.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) blue-green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) blue
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  27. 27.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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