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