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