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