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