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