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