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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 972 · 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) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  2. 2.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  13. 13.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) green and red
  21. 21.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) orange
  26. 26.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) brighter colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) brighter (d) paler
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) red-orange (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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