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