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