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