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