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