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