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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 547 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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