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