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