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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 666 · 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.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  20. 20.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  33. 33.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) brighter (d) invisible
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. complementary pair
  3. False
  4. False
  5. green and red
  6. red-purple
  7. False
  8. dull, brownish colour
  9. complementary pair
  10. red and green
  11. red and purple
  12. False
  13. orange and blue
  14. True
  15. yellow and orange
  16. complementary pair
  17. blue
  18. yellow and purple
  19. complementary pair
  20. False
  21. blue and orange
  22. False
  23. red and purple
  24. red and green
  25. True
  26. complementary pair
  27. blue and purple
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. yellow and purple
  33. opposite each other
  34. blue and green
  35. brighter
  36. False
  37. yellow-green
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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