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