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