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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 662 · 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.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  5. 5.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) blue
  14. 14.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  15. 15.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  19. 19.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  20. 20.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — 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: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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