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