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