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