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