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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 797 · 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 and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  9. 9.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) side by side (d) next to white
  31. 31.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) orange and blue

Answer key

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

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