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