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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 941 · 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.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  4. 4.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) orange and blue
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  21. 21.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  28. 28.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  29. 29.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  40. 40.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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