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