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