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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 770 · 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 a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  6. 6.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) yellow and purple
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  10. 10.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  15. 15.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  22. 22.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  34. 34.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  35. 35.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange

Answer key

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

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