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