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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 848 · 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: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) red
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  17. 17.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  34. 34.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green

Answer key

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

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