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