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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 335 · 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) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) green and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  12. 12.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) neutral colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  26. 26.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) brighter colour (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  38. 38.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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