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