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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 649 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) red
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) orange
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  30. 30.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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