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