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