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