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