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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 473 · 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.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-purple
  6. 6.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) duller
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  16. 16.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) red (c) red-purple (d) purple
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  38. 38.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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