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