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