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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 789 · 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.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  13. 13.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) green (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  24. 24.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  32. 32.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  37. 37.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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