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