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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 616 · 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: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  37. 37.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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