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