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