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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 877 · 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.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  9. 9.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  19. 19.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) primary colour (c) pure white (d) brighter colour
  20. 20.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue
  23. 23.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) red and purple
  31. 31.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow

Answer key

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

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