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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 761 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  2. 2.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  5. 5.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  11. 11.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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