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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 964 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  20. 20.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  21. 21.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  28. 28.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  38. 38.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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