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