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