Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) purple
- 2.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a flaming torch (b) autumn leaves (c) a campfire (d) a calm lake
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-green
- 4.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
- 5.🌡️ Is green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 6.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) the hot desert sun (b) a deep blue sea (c) an icy glacier (d) a shady forest
- 7.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) snow and night (b) ice and water (c) shade and rain (d) fire and sunshine
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hot lava (b) a shady forest (c) a sunset sky (d) a campfire
- 9.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🌡️ Is blue-purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 11.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) autumn leaves (b) a shady forest (c) a flaming torch (d) a sunset sky
- 12.🖌️ Would you paint autumn leaves mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 13.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a campfire (b) a deep blue sea (c) the hot desert sun (d) a sunset sky
- 14.🌡️ Is red-orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) a deep blue sea (c) the hot desert sun (d) a flaming torch
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) autumn leaves (b) the hot desert sun (c) a campfire (d) a snowy mountain
- 17.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
- 19.True or false: a campfire is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to sink back, far away? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 21.🖌️ Would you paint hot lava mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 22.🌡️ Is blue-green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
- 24.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🖌️ Would you paint a campfire mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 26.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a campfire (c) a rainy night (d) an icy glacier
- 27.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
- 28.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) green to purple (b) blue to green (c) red to yellow
- 30.🌡️ Is orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 31.True or false: a rainy night is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: orange is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🖌️ Would you paint the hot desert sun mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 34.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
- 35.🖌️ Would you paint an icy glacier mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a snowy mountain (b) an icy glacier (c) the hot desert sun (d) a deep blue sea
- 37.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a calm lake (b) a snowy mountain (c) autumn leaves (d) an icy glacier
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainy night (b) autumn leaves (c) an icy glacier (d) a snowy mountain
- 39.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖌️ Would you paint a shady forest mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
Answer key
- red
- a calm lake
- blue-green
- blue-purple
- cool colour
- the hot desert sun
- fire and sunshine
- a shady forest
- False
- cool colour
- a shady forest
- warm colours
- a deep blue sea
- warm colour
- a deep blue sea
- a snowy mountain
- False
- yellow-orange
- False
- cool colours
- warm colours
- cool colour
- blue
- True
- warm colours
- a campfire
- green
- False
- red to yellow
- warm colour
- False
- True
- warm colours
- orange
- cool colours
- the hot desert sun
- autumn leaves
- autumn leaves
- False
- cool colours
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