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