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