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