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