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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 548 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  2. 2.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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