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