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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 423 · 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: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  3. 3.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) side by side
  16. 16.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  27. 27.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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