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