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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 404 · 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) yellow and purple (b) red and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  4. 4.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) blue-green
  10. 10.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  22. 22.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) green (d) blue-purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  33. 33.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  36. 36.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) opposite each other (c) next to white (d) side by side
  40. 40.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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