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