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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 566 · 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-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  11. 11.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  24. 24.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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