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