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