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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 673 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) orange
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  34. 34.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

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

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