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