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