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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 567 · 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: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  16. 16.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) blue (d) red-orange
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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