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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 788 · 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: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  9. 9.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  29. 29.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  33. 33.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  35. 35.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) invisible (c) duller (d) paler
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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