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