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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 114 · 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: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) green
  13. 13.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  16. 16.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  17. 17.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple

Answer key

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

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