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