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