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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 709 · 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.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  10. 10.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  13. 13.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) opposite each other
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue-green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) purple and yellow
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-green
  38. 38.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) green and red
  40. 40.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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