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