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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 78 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  20. 20.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) in the centre
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) blue and green
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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