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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 101 · 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.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  11. 11.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) blue and purple (d) red and green
  16. 16.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  23. 23.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) green and red
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) invisible (c) paler (d) brighter
  32. 32.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and orange (d) red and orange
  39. 39.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange

Answer key

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

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