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