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