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