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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 988 · 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.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) in the centre (d) side by side
  2. 2.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and green
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  6. 6.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) paler (c) duller (d) brighter
  26. 26.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  30. 30.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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