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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 457 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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