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