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