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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 711 · 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: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  12. 12.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  32. 32.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple

Answer key

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

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