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