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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 679 · 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) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) invisible (d) duller
  39. 39.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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