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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 883 · 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: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) green (d) blue-purple
  16. 16.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  23. 23.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) next to white (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) opposite each other
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  35. 35.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  39. 39.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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