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