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