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