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