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