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