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