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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 578 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  11. 11.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  18. 18.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and green
  23. 23.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  28. 28.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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