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