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