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