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