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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 882 · 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-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  5. 5.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  8. 8.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  9. 9.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) paler (c) duller (d) invisible
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) side by side
  20. 20.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) pure white (d) primary colour
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  27. 27.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) blue
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange

Answer key

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

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