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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 594 · 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) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  11. 11.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  14. 14.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  16. 16.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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