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