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