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