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