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