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