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