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