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