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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 768 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  10. 10.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  13. 13.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  18. 18.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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