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