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