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