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