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