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