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