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