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