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