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