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