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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 349 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  14. 14.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  16. 16.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue-green
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) orange and blue (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  30. 30.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  34. 34.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  39. 39.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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