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