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