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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 747 · 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: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  6. 6.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) green (d) purple
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  18. 18.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-green
  30. 30.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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