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