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