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