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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 834 · 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 yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  2. 2.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) blue and orange
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) invisible (c) duller (d) brighter
  7. 7.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  10. 10.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) red and purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  14. 14.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and purple (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: green and red — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  21. 21.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) green and red
  26. 26.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) blue and purple
  27. 27.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  29. 29.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red
  30. 30.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red-orange
  32. 32.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  35. 35.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  37. 37.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) blue (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  40. 40.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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