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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 910 · 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.True or false: blue and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  5. 5.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and orange
  7. 7.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  8. 8.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and orange (d) green and yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and orange (c) blue and green (d) yellow and purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) red and green
  14. 14.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) red and orange (c) purple and yellow (d) green and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) blue and green
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and orange (d) green and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) blue and green (c) red and orange (d) red and purple
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  35. 35.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  36. 36.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  37. 37.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  38. 38.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) red and purple (c) red and orange (d) red and green
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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