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