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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 588 · 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.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  8. 8.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  27. 27.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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