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