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