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