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