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