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