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