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