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