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