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