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