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