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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 706 · 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.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and purple
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and green (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) orange and blue
  13. 13.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) purple
  15. 15.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) duller (c) invisible (d) brighter
  21. 21.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  23. 23.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) yellow and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) red and orange
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  30. 30.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  32. 32.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) red-purple
  40. 40.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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