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