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