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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 68 · 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) green and red (b) red and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  2. 2.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  8. 8.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) green and red (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) green and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) purple and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and green (d) yellow and purple
  11. 11.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) blue and green (c) red and purple (d) red and orange
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  18. 18.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) green and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and green
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) duller
  35. 35.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  39. 39.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

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

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