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