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