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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 840 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) orange (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) red-orange
  4. 4.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) orange
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  20. 20.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  22. 22.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) next to white (c) opposite each other (d) in the centre
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) red-purple
  39. 39.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) invisible (d) paler

Answer key

  1. red
  2. yellow-orange
  3. orange
  4. complementary pair
  5. blue and orange
  6. blue
  7. purple
  8. red and purple
  9. complementary pair
  10. blue-green
  11. purple and yellow
  12. False
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. blue and purple
  17. green
  18. False
  19. blue-purple
  20. blue
  21. blue and purple
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. opposite each other
  26. red and orange
  27. secondary colour
  28. orange and blue
  29. False
  30. True
  31. dull, brownish colour
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. orange and blue
  36. True
  37. yellow and purple
  38. yellow
  39. True
  40. brighter

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