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