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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 870 · 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.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  10. 10.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  13. 13.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) red and purple
  21. 21.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) opposite each other (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  29. 29.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) pure white
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow

Answer key

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

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