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