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