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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 57 · 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.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  40. 40.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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