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