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