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