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