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