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