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