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