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