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