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