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