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