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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 400 · 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.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  11. 11.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  12. 12.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  15. 15.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) red
  16. 16.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) side by side (b) in the centre (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  20. 20.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  25. 25.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  26. 26.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) blue and orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and green (d) red and orange
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) blue and orange
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and green
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  40. 40.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour

Answer key

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

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