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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 909 · 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 of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) red and purple (d) orange and blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and green
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) green and red
  9. 9.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) yellow and orange (d) blue and purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) orange and blue (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  13. 13.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) side by side (c) in the centre (d) next to white
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) orange and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) red and green
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) paler (b) brighter (c) duller (d) invisible
  22. 22.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  26. 26.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) blue and orange (d) red and purple
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue
  36. 36.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) blue and orange
  38. 38.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

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

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