Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 571 · 40 questions

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.

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

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