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