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