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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 684 · 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.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) paler (d) duller
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) blue
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  21. 21.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  23. 23.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  24. 24.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) pure white
  26. 26.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  39. 39.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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