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