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