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