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