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