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