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