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