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