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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 933 · 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.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) brighter colour (c) pure white (d) dull, brownish colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  4. 4.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) blue-purple
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) green and red
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) purple and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  17. 17.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  20. 20.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  22. 22.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  23. 23.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  28. 28.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and blue
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  36. 36.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) blue (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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