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