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