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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 694 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) yellow
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) purple and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  10. 10.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  14. 14.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) orange and blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-purple (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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