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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 939 · 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: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) purple and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
  14. 14.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) yellow and purple
  16. 16.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and red (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  18. 18.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  21. 21.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) blue (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) purple
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) red (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.True or false: red and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and orange (c) blue and orange (d) purple and yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) red and green (d) blue and purple
  32. 32.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and purple (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  36. 36.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  37. 37.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  38. 38.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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