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