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