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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 691 · 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) red and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  3. 3.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) blue and purple
  5. 5.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and green
  7. 7.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and red
  8. 8.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and green
  15. 15.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and blue
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  27. 27.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  40. 40.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) brighter (b) duller (c) paler (d) invisible

Answer key

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

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