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